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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Many lambic drinkers are familiar with the blueish-gray hued clay pitchers that many lambic breweries use to serve their lambics. These pitchers come in a variety of sizes from half-liters all the way up to 3-liters, and are used both to serve lambic on draught as well as to decant bottles. Current breweries including [[Brouwerij_3_Fonteinen|3 Fonteinen]], [[Brasserie_Cantillon|Cantillon]], [[Brouwerij_Timmermans|Timmermans]] and closed breweries like [[Brouwerij_Winderickx|Winderickx]] and [[Brasserie_Dewolfs|De Wolfs]] all had their own versions of the stoneware. Several breweries including [[Brouwerij_Winderickx|Winderickx]] also have their own branded stoneware mugs made in a similar fashion. Many of the pitchers that lambic producers use are a blue/gray or sandy-brown color. | Many lambic drinkers are familiar with the blueish-gray hued clay pitchers that many lambic breweries use to serve their lambics. These pitchers come in a variety of sizes from half-liters all the way up to 3-liters, and are used both to serve lambic on draught as well as to decant bottles. Current breweries including [[Brouwerij_3_Fonteinen|3 Fonteinen]], [[Brasserie_Cantillon|Cantillon]], [[Brouwerij_Timmermans|Timmermans]] and closed breweries like [[Brouwerij_Winderickx|Winderickx]] and [[Brasserie_Dewolfs|De Wolfs]] all had their own versions of the stoneware. Several breweries including [[Brouwerij_Winderickx|Winderickx]] also have their own branded stoneware mugs made in a similar fashion. Many of the pitchers that lambic producers use are a blue/gray or sandy-brown color. | ||
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==Historical use== | ==Historical use== | ||
[[File:BruegelPeasantWedding.jpg|thumb|left|Pieter Bruegel, Peasant Wedding ca. 1567-68]] | [[File:BruegelPeasantWedding.jpg|thumb|left|Pieter Bruegel, Peasant Wedding ca. 1567-68]] | ||
Pitchers were the primary vessel for serving lambic from the cask at [[Home#Lambic_Bars_and_Caf.C3.A9s|lambic cafés]] throughout Belgium. Before bottling lambics was prominent, many cafés served their own blends and straight lambics directly from wooden casks behind the bar. To facilitate larger groups and quicker serving times many bars and cafés had these large pitchers.<ref name=JefLambic>Jef Lambic, [[Books#Les_Memoirs_de_Jef_Lambic| Les Memoirs de Jef Lambic]], ~1955 </ref> Many believe that the first historical depiction of this stoneware being used for lambic (more specifically Faro) is in Pieter Bruegel's painting ''The Peasant Wedding'' (''Le Repas de noce'', French, ''De boerenbruiloft'', Dutch).<ref name=GeuzeFaroEtKriek>Raymond Buren, [[Books#Gueuze.2C_Faro_et_Kriek|Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek]], 1992</ref> Completed ca. 1567-68, the painting depicts a wedding ceremony in which stone pitchers are used for serving beer to guests. The painting is also used for the label of the U.S import version of Cantillon's [[Cantillon_Grand_Cru_Bruocsella|Grand Cru Bruocsella]] | Pitchers were the primary vessel for serving lambic from the cask at [[Home#Lambic_Bars_and_Caf.C3.A9s|lambic cafés]] throughout Belgium. Before bottling lambics was prominent, many cafés served their own blends and straight lambics directly from wooden casks behind the bar. To facilitate larger groups and quicker serving times many bars and cafés had these large pitchers.<ref name=JefLambic>Jef Lambic, [[Books#Les_Memoirs_de_Jef_Lambic| Les Memoirs de Jef Lambic]], ~1955 </ref> Many believe that the first historical depiction of this stoneware being used for lambic (more specifically Faro) is in Pieter Bruegel's painting ''The Peasant Wedding'' (''Le Repas de noce'', French, ''De boerenbruiloft'', Dutch).<ref name=GeuzeFaroEtKriek>Raymond Buren, [[Books#Gueuze.2C_Faro_et_Kriek|Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek]], 1992</ref> Completed ca. 1567-68, the painting depicts a wedding ceremony in which stone pitchers are used for serving beer to guests. The painting is also used for the label of the U.S import version of Cantillon's [[Cantillon_Grand_Cru_Bruocsella|Grand Cru Bruocsella]]. | ||
Today, [[A_La_Bécasse|Café A La Bécasse]] still serves lambics in these pitchers. Breweries like Cantillon, Timmermans, and 3 Fonteinen also still serve lambic in these pitchers. Though the evidence is only anecdotal, some believe that the use of pitchers as a decanter for highly aromatic beers like Cantillon's [[Cantillon_Mamouche|Mamouche]] helps to open the beer up in much the same way as a wine decanter. | Today, [[A_La_Bécasse|Café A La Bécasse]] still serves lambics in these pitchers. Breweries like Cantillon, Timmermans, and 3 Fonteinen also still serve lambic in these pitchers. Though the evidence is only anecdotal, some believe that the use of pitchers as a decanter for highly aromatic beers like Cantillon's [[Cantillon_Mamouche|Mamouche]] helps to open the beer up in much the same way as a wine decanter. | ||
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[[An_Overview_of_Lambic# | [[An_Overview_of_Lambic#Serving_Lambic|← Serving Lambic]] | ||